In a new film from our New York Close Up digital series, artist Meriem Bennani subverts audience expectations of both pop culture and her Muslim community with unexpected playfulness and pathos, using social media-inspired effects.

In a new film from our digital series New York Close Up, artist Jordan Casteel shares how she found subject matter that mattered to her.

In a new film from our Extended Play digital series, artist Theaster Gates shares his fascination with collecting the collections of others, and the thinking behind his archive-based works.

In a new film from our New York Close Up digital series, artist Avery Singer shares the intricate process behind her complex acrylic paintings.

In a new film from our New York Close Up digital series, we watch artist Raúl de Nieves create an epic ‘stained glass’ mural for the 2017 Whitney Biennial.

In a new film from the Art21 digital series Exclusive, Sarah Sze shares the process and inspiration behind her immersive artwork for the Second Avenue Subway in New York City.

In a new film from the New York Close Up digital series, artist David Brooks shares how he went from teen skater to sculptor, guiding us through the epiphanies and projects that brought him to where he is now.

In today’s episode from the Art21 Exclusive digital series, Minerva Cuevas considers the implications of President Trump’s proposed border wall, and reflects on her 2010 work Crossing of the Rio Bravo.

This just-released New York Close Up film follows artist Jamian Juliano-Villani as she scours Manhattan in search of inspiration for the unpredictable imagery that fills her paintings.

In today’s Art21 “Exclusive,” Liz Magor describes her Vancouver studio as a place for pleasure as well as productivity while working on a cast sculpture of a paper bag.